The organizers of the Argentine Global Marijuana March are reporting that 150,000 people showed up in the capital, Buenos Aires, Saturday to march from the Plaza de Mayo to the Plaza de Congreso. The masses marched under the banner "No Jail for Cultivation -- Regulate Cannabis Now!"

Now, maybe they're exaggerating. Maybe it was only 100,000. But this is humongous. I can recall seeing 70,000 turn out in Rome one year, and crowds in the tens of thousands sometimes in European capitals and major Canadian cities.

But just look at that mass of humanity in Buenos Aires! That's sending a very strong signal to the Argentine government that it needs to quit dilly-dallying and get down to freeing the weed.

And it wasn't just Buenos Aires. Organizers reported marches in numerous Argentine cities, with more than 15,000 showing up in Cordoba, 11,000 in Rosario, 7,000 in Mendoza, 2,500 in La Plata, 300 on the slopes at Bariloche, and even 200 way down Patagonia way in Comodoro Rivadavia.

The Argentine may be suffering from some legalization envy -- situated just on the other side of the Rio de la Plata estuary is Uruguay, where the government is formally announcing its legalization regulations this week. Whatever the reasons, congratulations to the Argentines, and may we all be inspired by their example.

8) Medical marijuana programs create another form of monopoly by limiting freedom. Money made on doctor vists, cannabis cards, they only allow dispensaries in certain areas causing some people to travel long distances, and they only allow a select few to operate dispensaries. They make you pay a fee upfront to get a cannabis card and make you see a doctor and pay to renew it every year.

Uruguay does not have legalization; what it has is, a, *Cannabis Maintenance Therapy* system for cannabis addicts. The government controls the cannabis 100% and if you use or grow un-authorized cannabis or you are not on the system or your are not a citizen of the Uruguay you are a criminal.

Call it what it is ! a medicinal cannabis maintenance system for cannabis addicts just like a heroin maintenance system for heroin addicts.

Calling Uruguay's system *legalization* is a lie and does not serve the legalization cause at all. and

Uruguay does not have legalization; what it has is, a, *Cannabis Maintenance Therapy* system for cannabis addicts. The government controls the cannabis 100% and if you use or grow un-authorized cannabis or you are not on the system or your are not a citizen of the Uruguay you are a criminal. Call it what it is ! a medicinal cannabis maintenance system for cannabis addicts just like a heroin maintenance system for heroin addicts. Calling Uruguay's system *legalization* is a lie and does not serve the legalization cause at all.

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Recently I came across your blog and read along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I do not know what to say except that I liked reading. Nice blog.
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This event amazed me considering the number of people who joined the march. On what purpose are they fighting for the legalization of marijuana anyway, is it for personal satisfaction or for the treatment of severe cases of illnesses?